Vontaze Burfict fined $21,000 for hitting with crown of helmet

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Nov 1, 2013

Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict was fined $21,000 by the NFL on Friday for his hit Sunday on New York Jets wide receiver Stephen Hill with the crown of his helmet. Burfict has been fined $21,000 for the hit, marking the third time he’s been … (more)fined this season. One of the reasons that linebacker Vontaze Burfict fell out of the 2012 draft and wound up signing with the Bengals as an undrafted free agent was because he couldn’t stop picking up personal fouls at Arizona State. Burfict was called for a personal foul, his fifth of the season, in the Bengals' 49-9 rout. Among others fined $7,875 by the NFL on Friday: Cleveland's Joe Haden , Buffalo's Mario Williams and Detroit's Joseph Fauria . While the rest of his game has defied the 32 scouting departments that decided he wasn’t worth a draft pick, he hasn’t been able to steer clear of personal fouls in the NFL.